[12:09] You had just witnessed the horrible death of one of the cultists in the Asylum [12:09] right, with the fire and stuff [12:09] Exactly [12:09] Do you need me to repeat his last words for you? [12:10] Please [12:10] that would be nice [12:11] *** NPC has joined #asylum [12:11] *** NPC is now known as DyingPrisoner [12:11] Jaws that...bite... [12:11] ...claws...that...catch... [12:11] ...beware...the... [12:11] And with that he dies [12:12] I will go into the cell and investigate [12:12] The cell is soaked from the guards spraying it with the hose [12:13] * Chris_Hyle asks whatever guards are present what the man's problem was. [12:13] I'll look where the fire was and see how it might have started [12:13] *** DyingPrisoner is now known as Guard [12:13] You got me, he was one of those twenty some that were brought in today [12:13] The padding is all charred and the smell of smoke is still everywhere [12:13] I'll examine the body [12:14] Roll [12:14] d100 [12:14] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Roland_Windemeer (d100) and gets 86. [12:14] ooc bah [12:14] He's badly burned, but you can't tell more than that [12:15] "Chris, what do you make of this?" [12:15] "Well, whatever drove this man off the edge.." [12:15] "I can only hope our friends didn't have to dealwith it." [12:16] "Claws and jaws? THat sound very bad indeed. And that monster in the painting...this is getting to me." [12:17] "I wonder if that fire could have been started by the same sort of thing that burned down the hotel?" [12:17] -> *Chris_Hyle* You hear a burbling sound nearby [12:17] "And now we have madmen bursting into flame. Something very bad is happening." [12:18] "I should hope not." [12:18] to guard "Do you know who this man is?" [12:19] They don't tell me nothing. [12:19] I'll walk up to the next cell over and try to talk to the person inside. [12:20] *** Guard is now known as Madman [12:20] * Madman drools. [12:20] "You there! What is your name?" [12:20] * Madman drools. [12:20] "This one is useless. [12:20] I'll step up the next cell. [12:21] I'll try to see if I can get anything out of this guy. [12:21] *** Madman is now known as DifferentMadman [12:21] Oh, he'll get you, he will. He knows all about you he does. [12:22] * Chris_Hyle listens in on the exchange between Roland and DifferentMadman. [12:22] "Who is that you're speaking of?" [12:23] The Pharoah, of course. [12:23] "How does he know about me?" [12:24] You've been noticed. It's a great honor to be noticed by him. [12:24] "That is an honor I could probably live without. Do you know me? Who are you?" [12:26] I am Khufa, priest. I know you because you're one of those who wish to disturb things [12:26] We don't like things disturbed [12:27] "What happened at Gavigan's estate?" [12:27] We called and the wrong one came. That can always happen but this time the really wrong one came [12:28] "The wrong WHAT came?" [12:29] The wrong servent. Their servents are truly infinite so it's easy to get the wrong one [12:30] "What did this servant do?" [12:30] He burned the temple [12:31] "What happened to the people there?" [12:31] Many people died [12:31] "in the fire?" [12:32] In the fire and at the hands of the servent [12:32] "Is the servant still here?" [12:32] We didn't send it away. Are you the servent? [12:33] "Would you not recognize me?" [12:34] You servents can be tricky. [12:35] "What happened to the man in the other cell there? Was it the work of the servant?" [12:35] Yes. No. Maybe. It's all the work of the Pharoah in the end. [12:36] to chris "I think we have learned all we can from this one. Any more questions for him?" [12:37] "Just one. Who is this Pharaoh, exactly?" [12:38] He who ruled all of Egypt and is establishing the final dynasty now [12:39] "Does he still live in Egypt?" [12:40] "From what I have learned he is a Pharaoh who was also a powerful magician. He may have found the secret of immortality. Whether or not he still lives he is still worshipped by many people and they are the ones who have been trying to kill us." [12:40] He's in Egypt, but he's also here [12:40] He's the herald of them all, you know. They all are waiting for him [12:41] * Chris_Hyle turns away from the prisoner. "Roland, assuming they ARE alive, then, where could we go to get in contact with your friends? [12:42] "I do not know. They are probably still stuck in Ipswitch." [12:43] "I'm not going THERE again. Do they know where you live?" [12:43] "I live in America. The last two hotels I stayed in while in London have burned down. They might go back to Alexander's flat, though. Maybe we should head there." [12:44] "Let's do that." [12:45] "I would like to make one stop on the way. I need to pick up a new notebook, and if they are not there I can leave a note for them." [12:45] "Right, then. Lead the way." [12:46] * Roland_Windemeer exits the asylum [12:46] * Chris_Hyle follows Roland [12:47] Rolands heads out to pick up a nice new notebook and then you head over to Alexander's Apartment [12:47] However, there's no one there at the moment [12:47] A note has been left on the door, however [12:47] ooc cool [12:47] * Chris_Hyle Reads the note [12:47] * Roland_Windemeer reads the note. [12:47] "Gone to Blue Pyramid. Key's under the mat. Should be back soon. - Alexander" [12:48] *** Chris_Hyle has quit IRC (Connection reset by peer (TCP/IP connection broken)) [12:48] "That was a dumb thing to leave on the door." [12:48] ooc oh [12:48] * Roland_Windemeer checks under the mat for the key. [12:48] It's there [12:49] * Roland_Windemeer let's himself in. [12:49] * Roland_Windemeer will also take the note down. [12:49] *** DifferentMadman is now known as NPC [12:49] *** NPC has left #asylum [12:50] ooc did your server kick chris out somehow? [12:50] I don't think so [12:50] It says reset by peer [12:50] If something did that from my end, all of you would have dropped [12:51] oh, I never knew what that mean [12:51] It can mean a lot of things [12:52] well, I am going to look around the place to see if I see anything interesting [12:52] Hang on [12:52] There's somethign interesting in there for Chris [12:52] Just to give you an idea, though [12:52] There's now a stone sundial in the middle of the room and a strange man standing on the far side of the room [12:53] "Uh, hullo. I thought the flat would be empty. I'm a friend of Alexander's, Roland Windemeer." [12:53] I think he has to be rebooting [12:53] * Roland_Windemeer looks the man over. [12:54] okay we can wait [12:54] actually brb, pee break [12:55] He has white hair with a thick bushy mustache. He's wearing clothing roughly twenty years out of date. Finally he keeps glancing at a pocket watch [12:57] *** Chris_Hyle has joined #asylum [12:57] Okay [12:58] ooc How long was I disconnected? [12:58] Catching you up to date [12:58] Abducted by aliens? [12:58] Can't keep track? [12:58] :) [12:58] About five minutes [12:58] ooc Jeez. Well, sorry about that. [12:59] Anyhow, when you openned the door to the apartment [12:59] There was now a stone sundial in the middle of the room [12:59] On the oposite side of the room was a strange man with white hair, a bushy mustache, wearing archaic clothing, that keeps looking at a pocketwatch [13:00] The sundial is roughly halfway inbetween you and him [13:00] What did the note say? [13:00] That the door was unlocked and you should go in and wait [13:00] "Uh, hullo. I thought the flat would be empty. I'm a friend of Alexander's, Roland Windemeer." [13:01] "And this is my assocaite, Chris Hyle." [13:01] "Pleased to meet you, Mr...?" [13:01] *** Odd_Man has joined #asylum [13:01] He remains silent [13:02] What is he doing, just standing there? Does he see us? [13:02] He sees you, but he's just standing there [13:02] You're still standing in the doorway [13:02] * Roland_Windemeer will walk in and shut the door. [13:03] As Chris steps in he takes a step forward [13:03] * Chris_Hyle wispers to Roland "Was that sundial here before?" [13:04] test [13:04] * Roland_Windemeer whispers, "No." [13:04] He's not doing anything [13:04] ooc oops used /he instead of /me [13:04] * Chris_Hyle looks at the odd man. [13:05] * Roland_Windemeer examines the sundial. [13:05] He glances at you for a moment and then looks down at the watch again [13:05] The sundial is of some kind of grey stone. It appears to be one solid peice [13:07] "So, sir, at any rate...I take it we have a mutual friend." [13:07] Is the light causing the sundial to indicate any time? [13:07] He snaps the watch shut and begins staring at Chris [13:07] No [13:08] There's not enough light inthe room to really let the sundial cast a shadow [13:08] * Roland_Windemeer will check the rest of the rooms to see if anything else odd is going on. [13:08] Join the Alexs_Flat channel guys [13:09] They finally came back [13:09] *** Odd_Man has left #asylum [13:09] *** Roland_Windemeer has left #asylum [13:09] *** Chris_Hyle has left #asylum Session Close: Sat Dec 02 13:09:24 2000 Session Start: Sat Dec 02 14:26:36 2000 [14:26] *** Now talking in #asylum [14:28] *** Roland_Windemeer has joined #asylum [14:28] *** Chris_Hyle has joined #asylum [14:29] * Roland_Windemeer takes some notes on the day's occurances on the ride over. [14:29] * Roland_Windemeer tries to record and of the symbols I remember. [14:29] "We should show them the papers we got from Gavigan's at some point." [14:29] "I mean, the Foundation records." [14:30] Alright then. You catch a taxi back to bedlam. The sun is setting and the street lights are just starting to turn on [14:30] "Yes, once we get this mess sorted out." [14:30] "I also think we should examine the river neat the asylum. The cab driver seemed apprehensive about it." [14:31] *** Cthuhlu has joined #asylum [14:32] It's bitterly cold on the Thames as the taxi stops to let you out. He drives off in a hurry to be away from this place [14:32] "I think we should deal with the inside first. It wouldnt do to tramp around inside in soggy clothes." [14:32] "Fair enough." [14:33] * Roland_Windemeer enters the asylum. [14:33] me/heads inside and asks the first orderly or guard he sees about Alice Lidell. [14:33] The heavy metal door is locked tight [14:34] They can't have people running out of there [14:34] ooc Good point. [14:34] * Chris_Hyle knocks carefully on the front door. [14:34] A plate slides open. "What do you want?" [14:34] All you can see are a pair of eyes [14:35] "We're here to visit one of your inmates." [14:35] "Alice Lidell. Would it be possible for us to speak to her?" [14:36] "We spoke to Dr. Wittgenstein earlier..." [14:37] "There is no admitance without authorization." [14:37] "Dr. Wittgenstein has gone home for the evening. Even if he was here you couldn't be allowed in to see him." [14:38] "Why not, sir?" [14:38] "He let us in earlier." [14:38] "We thought we would still be allowed in by our prior authorization. We were only gone about an hour to check some facts before coming back." [14:40] "We don't let people just go in and out of here. It's not safe for you or the public." [14:40] "Where might we get authorization to enter, then?" [14:41] "A magistrate or one of the doctors could admit you. Or you could have yourself committed." He laughs at that joke. [14:42] "I'm a little crazy" I roll my eyes around. "Can I admit myself briefly?" [14:43] "Get out of here before I run you in." He slams the little window shut. [14:43] "Well, blast." [14:43] "Well that was ineffectual." [14:44] "I don't see how we can get in at all this evening. May as well get to the river." [14:44] "Maybe we can visit the remaining Liddell family and see what we can learn from them." [14:44] "hmm. A good idea. But let's wait on that until the others have done some research." [14:45] "Okay. To the river, then?" [14:45] "Let's." [14:45] * Roland_Windemeer goes to the river and looks around to see why it is so ominous. [14:46] * Chris_Hyle heads to the river where the cabbie acted oddly. [14:46] The wind is blowing across the water making it feel exceptionally cold here [14:47] -> *Chris_Hyle* You hear the burbling sound again; this time acompanied by whiffing. [14:47] * Chris_Hyle paces up and down the bank a few times looking for anything of note. [14:47] Roll Chris [14:47] * Roland_Windemeer sticks his hand in the water and feels around. [14:47] d100 [14:47] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Chris_Hyle (d100) and gets 41. [14:48] Roland jerks his hand back involentarily because the water is EXTREMELY cold [14:48] Chris spots the remains of a wooden peir about ten feet out [14:48] Are there any sticks or other objects I could stick in there lying around? [14:49] It's hard to see in the gloom but it's there [14:49] "Well, isn't that interesting." [14:49] You can look around for it [14:49] * Chris_Hyle looks closely at the peir [14:49] -> *Chris_Hyle* you see movement out there but can't tell what it is [14:49] * Roland_Windemeer heads to the pier. [14:49] Only the posts remain and they're some distance out in the water [14:50] Is there any debris? [14:51] * Chris_Hyle would like to check the peir from close up, but would just as soon not die of hypothermia just yet [14:51] There's bits of flotsam against the edge of the bank where you're standing [14:53] I'll grab something and try poking around in the river. [14:53] Okay, you grab a stick that's roughly a yard long and push it down [14:54] You feel the silt below the stick but not much else down there [14:55] "I don't see what point there is to this. I don't know if we're likely to find anything here without a boat and a fishing net." [14:55] "Maybe we should see if there's any way to sneak into the asylum." [14:55] "Hmm. Might as well." [14:56] * Roland_Windemeer will walk around the perimeter of the asylum checking it out. [14:57] * Chris_Hyle follows with his eyes on the walls [14:57] You see high stone walls, barred windows and only two doors; one for people and one for vehicals [14:58] Both of those are made of solid metal [14:58] * Chris_Hyle checks the doors to make sure they're locked [14:58] Very [14:58] * Roland_Windemeer pulls out his trusty plastique and blows the doors out [14:58] or not... [14:58] If you roll a 20 on the Vorpal Sword. ;) [14:59] Are any of the windows low enough for us to look into? [15:00] No, they're all at least twenty feet off the ground [15:01] * Chris_Hyle really wants to pull out his gun and start a ruckus. [15:01] "This is not working. I guess we should head back to Alexander's." [15:02] "best idea right now. [15:02] * Roland_Windemeer hails a cab to go to Alexander's. [15:02] Join the Alexes_Flat room then Session Close: Sat Dec 02 15:02:44 2000 Session Start: Sat Dec 02 11:50:08 2000 [11:50] *** Now talking in #Alexs_Flat [11:55] *** Keeper is now known as The_Ultimate_Evil_Guy [11:57] *** The_Ultimate_Evil_Guy is now known as Keeper [11:58] *** Cthuhlu has joined #Alexs_Flat [12:06] *** Sebastian has joined #Alexs_Flat [12:06] Get yourself a drink [12:06] * Sebastian helps himself to a nice big drink [12:07] *** Eric_Macaulay has joined #Alexs_Flat [12:07] heh heh whoops [12:10] *** Early_Hutz has joined #Alexs_Flat [12:12] Okay, so what was your plan going to be [12:12] not sure [12:12] last I knew we were just sort of waiting [12:12] Last I remember, we were visiting the painter, but I don't know if anything happened while I was away. [12:13] we visited the painted and found out that mother was some king of beatsy or something [12:13] Any clues as to the whereabouts of Alex and Chris? [12:13] Alex is supposed to be with you [12:13] Swap "Alex" for "Roland" [12:14] no clue [12:14] You don't have any idea where they're at [12:16] There's a few options you can try, like checking out possible leads they would have followed [12:16] we could try the blue pyramid. [12:17] If nothing else, we'll get to see belly dancers. [12:18] ooc just who is playing cthulhu? [12:18] That's the dice bot [12:18] d100 [12:18] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 2. [12:18] gotcha [12:18] Thank you for wasting that critical success [12:18] no prob [12:18] * Eric_Macaulay slaps Early in the back of the head [12:18] That's alright, I wasted an 85 earlier [12:18] lol [12:18] * Sebastian slaps Eric_Macaulay around a bit with a large trout [12:19] * Eric_Macaulay wonders where Sebastian got the trout [12:19] so, the blue pyramid then? [12:19] * Eric_Macaulay shrugs [12:19] ooc in reality I have no clue what that is [12:19] The Blue Pyramid is a bar in SoHo. [12:19] That's the nightclub that was mentioned as possibly being linked to things [12:19] ooc oh ok [12:20] We might as well give it a shot. [12:20] please don't say shot [12:20] * Sebastian winces [12:21] Okay, so you're headed over there? [12:21] Yes. Let's get a cab. [12:21] * Sebastian goes outside and hails a cab. [12:21] * Eric_Macaulay follows [12:22] :follows [12:22] How do I do that in here? [12:22] ' /me follow ' [12:22] use slash-me instead [12:22] * Early_Hutz gets it [12:22] Anyhow [12:22] You catch a taxi and take it over to the Blue Pyramid in Soho [12:23] What time is it? [12:23] It's getting close to 5pm [12:23] Is the BP open? [12:24] Not quite [12:24] There's people going in and out, but they're employees getting the place ready to open in an hour [12:25] * Early_Hutz looks to see if he recognizes the employees. [12:26] Roll Early [12:26] d100 [12:26] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 65. [12:26] There's no one you can identify going in and out [12:27] Are there any Egyptian-themed restaurants in the area? [12:27] A nervous looking man emerges from the building and begins pacing back and forth on the sidewalk in front of it [12:28] He finishes off a cigarette and then immediately lights another one while he's pacing [12:28] * Early_Hutz tries to recognize this man. [12:28] ooc where are we? Are we across the street or something? [12:29] You're standing out in front of the nightclub as well [12:29] You have not spotted this man before in your life [12:30] Does he appear European or Egyptian (or other)? [12:30] Egyptian [12:32] He's on his third cigarrette now [12:32] "Excuse me, sir. Do you know when this place opens?" [12:33] He answers in an educated English accent; "I don't think we'll be openning this evening." [12:34] "Oh no! My friends and I have heard great things about this place. Can I ask why you won't be opening?" [12:34] "Half my staff decided to take the night off without calling in! And I can't even reach the owner!" [12:35] Everyone here roll [12:35] d100 [12:35] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 48. [12:35] d100 [12:35] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Eric_Macaulay (d100) and gets 65. [12:35] d100 [12:35] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Sebastian (d100) and gets 75. [12:36] ooc - well that was unimpressive rolling ;) [12:36] -> *Early_Hutz* A car down the street is starting to accellerate very rapidly [12:36] ooc really [12:37] Everyone roll once more [12:37] d100 [12:37] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 69. [12:37] d100 [12:37] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Sebastian (d100) and gets 62. [12:38] ooc 69 dude! [12:38] d100 [12:38] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Eric_Macaulay (d100) and gets 77. [12:38] ooc sorry [12:38] ooc ick [12:38] ooc - craptacular! [12:39] Okay, your startling inability to observe allowed a speeding car that's now about twenty feet from you to swerve up onto the sidewalk [12:39] It's coming right at your group [12:39] Roll to survive [12:40] d100 [12:40] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 13. [12:40] d100 [12:40] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Sebastian (d100) and gets 85. [12:40] d100 [12:40] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Eric_Macaulay (d100) and gets 49. [12:40] ooc i don't like cthulhu [12:41] He takes his roll very seriously [12:41] Early manages to dive away as the car impacts with the front of the Blue Pyramid and then explode [12:41] ooc - a gunshot wound to the chest, and then you get hit by the car? [12:42] ooc I'm having a bad year [12:42] Eric and Sebastian are thrown into the air by the explosion with Eric managing to be far enough away that he wasn't hurt badly [12:42] d10 [12:42] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d10) and gets 8. [12:43] ooc ouch [12:43] Sebastian enjoys the sound of his ribs snapping as he's knocked against a lightpost and then falls unconcious [12:43] ooc is Allen with us? [12:43] Yes, and he's already providing medical attention [12:44] d100 [12:44] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 82. [12:44] The nightclub has caught fire, though by less dramaticmeans than the other places you've been [12:44] * Eric_Macaulay looks around for the man who we were talking to [12:44] You don't see him [12:45] Is Sebastian away from the fire? [12:45] A bit [12:45] He's not right on top of it, but you'd have to drag him down the street to really get him away from it [12:46] "Doc, let's get Sebastian away from the fire a bit more. With his luck, a spark will land in his hair." [12:46] * Eric_Macaulay runs over to Sebastian and helps carry him away [12:48] * Early_Hutz looks around for more careening, explosive cars (just in case) [12:48] Police cars and fire engines are pulling up now to try to put out the blaze [12:48] * Sebastian dreams of nicer times and running down sunlit beaches.... [12:48] "How is he, Doc? Do we need to get him to a hospital?" [12:49] "Yes, he's pretty bad. I'm worried about internal bleeding." [12:49] * Early_Hutz goes to a policeman. [12:49] "My friend has been injured in the blast. Can you get him to a hospital?" [12:50] *** Policeman has joined #Alexs_Flat [12:50] An ambulance will be here shortly [12:50] "Thank you." [12:50] * Eric_Macaulay walks to the policeman, "Have you found anybody who..." and describes the man they were talking to [12:51] "If he was caught in the blast I doubt he survived." [12:53] Sebastian is loaded onto an ambulance [12:53] "Thanks anyways [12:54] "What hospital are they taking him to?" [12:55] St. Barthdemene's [12:55] "Should we go there as well? The way things are going, we might just find Roland and Chris there, too." [12:56] * Eric_Macaulay nods [12:56] d100 [12:56] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d100) and gets 79. [12:56] d6 [12:56] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Keeper (d6) and gets 6. [12:56] At the hospital Sebastian is examined as his broken bones set. [12:56] *** Policeman is now known as Doctor [12:57] No permanant damage, but he needs to be careful [12:57] "What's broken?" [12:57] For the next six weeks or so while these heal it will be easy to straign them [12:57] ooc - no more crazy confrontations for Sebastian [12:57] Four ribs and a hairline fracture in his left shoulder [12:57] ooc - I have faith that he'll find a way ;) [12:58] ooc but will I be able to play the piano again? [12:58] * Early_Hutz wonders if Sebastian shoots with his right or left hand . . . . [12:58] am i concious? [12:58] Yes, you've come around though you're on morphine for the pain at the moment [12:59] "ouch, what the hell just happened?" [12:59] Probably too late for this, but did I notice anything about the car? [12:59] Nope [12:59] You had your chance [12:59] "You got blowned up" [13:00] "A car crashed into the Blue Pyramid and exploded." [13:00] "Great. any idea who did it?" [13:00] "Not a clue." [13:01] *** Doctor has left #Alexs_Flat [13:01] "I'm going to check with the hospital to see if they've treated Roland for anything - you never know." [13:02] * Early_Hutz goes to nurses station and inquires about Roland Windemeer and whether he has been here recently. [13:02] They haven't heard of him [13:02] * Early_Hutz returns to Sebastian & Eric. [13:02] "Now what?" [13:03] * Eric_Macaulay shrugs [13:03] "We could file a missing persons report." [13:04] "No, I think it's a little early for that. After all, they're not really missing - we just don't know where they went." [13:05] "Were there any other leads we were going to follow up on?" [13:05] "We've checked the painter and the Blue Pyramid - any other ways we can risk death?" [13:05] "The scoop?" [13:06] "It probably wouldn't hurt to see if they checked in with The Scoop." [13:06] Do we have a phone # for the Scoop? [13:06] * Keeper quietly suggests that you head back to Alex's place for something [13:06] * Keeper is going to delete that line in the logs too [13:06] "Let's see if we left the phone number at Alex's place." [13:07] Is Sebastian OK to come with? [13:07] "yeah,-ouch-i'll-ouch-come-ouch-along-ouch." [13:08] "Let's go, then." [13:08] The doctor gives sebastian a persciption for pain killers before he goes [13:08] * Early_Hutz leaves and hails a cab to go back to Alex's flat. [13:08] * Sebastian follows after pocketing the prescription. [13:09] *** Odd_Man has joined #Alexs_Flat [13:09] *** Roland_Windemeer has joined #Alexs_Flat [13:09] *** Chris_Hyle has joined #Alexs_Flat [13:09] "Roland! Chris!" [13:09] * Eric_Macaulay wonders who the odd man is [13:09] When you open the door to Alex's Flat you notice two very odd things [13:10] "Early! You are alive!" [13:10] The first is that in the center of the room now is a stone sundial [13:10] ooc is James with them? [13:10] "That's new." [13:10] The second is that on the oposite side of the room is a man with white hair, a bushy mustache, wearing clothes that are about twenty years out of date [13:10] He's staring at Chris [13:10] "Do any of you fellows know this man?" [13:10] "I've never seen him before." [13:11] James is not [13:11] Did we send James back to the US? [13:11] * Eric_Macaulay checks [13:11] He snuck off [13:11] "What happened to James? Were you able to save him?" [13:11] * Sebastian looks at the man. [13:11] "Yes, we were, no thanks to you. He seems to have departed our company, though." [13:12] He looks annoyed [13:12] "We'll catch up later. First we need to find out what's going on with this man and his sundial." [13:12] Alexander points out that there wasn't a bit of statuary in his living room before [13:12] "I cannot believe you survived. Reports in London indicated that my worst fears had been confirmed. There was some kind of massacre in Ipswitch." [13:12] Is Alex around? [13:12] Yes [13:13] "Yes. We were around for that. The mansion burned down, and some gunmen slaughtered folks in Ipswitch." [13:13] "Did you meet the doughy monsters?" [13:13] To the Odd Man, "And who are you, sir?" [13:13] "Goodness, well I am certianly glad you survived." [13:14] "This man was here when we arrived. We assumed he was a friend of Alex's but maybe he just used the key to get in." [13:14] * Odd_Man still won't talk [13:14] "No, we didn't see any monsters like those." [13:14] "Do you have a voice, or do you just stare at people?" [13:15] He's standing on the far side of the room from you with the sundial in between you [13:16] "What's with the sundial? Did you two bring this, or does it belong to this fellow." [13:16] "Well he is obviously trespassing. Maybe we should ask him to leave." [13:16] "It was also here when we arrived." [13:16] * Sebastian looks at the sundial. [13:16] * Early_Hutz looks closely at the sundial. [13:17] It's made of a grey stone you can't identify. It appears to be carved from one peice [13:17] * Eric_Macaulay looks for any markings [13:18] "It's quite a piece of work. I doubt one person could have carried this here. Did you check the flat for others?" [13:18] There's a huge number of markings on the face of the dial in styles you can't recognize; the shadow falls falls over the second to last one [13:18] "we just arrived a few moments ago." [13:19] ooc hey I thought there wasn't a shadow [13:19] * Early_Hutz looks through the flat for any other people. [13:19] * Sebastian walks over to the man and introduces himself. [13:19] * Roland_Windemeer looks at the markings to see if he recognizes them. [13:19] You didn't get close to the dial for a good look at the face of it [13:19] And there isn't enough light in hear for it to have a shadow [13:19] You can't see a light source for it [13:19] Roll Roland [13:19] d100 [13:19] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Roland_Windemeer (d100) and gets 46. [13:20] -> *Roland_Windemeer* Some of the characters appear similar to the ones on the tablet you found before [13:20] There's no one else hiding in the flat [13:20] * Odd_Man continues to stair at Chris [13:21] "Sir, I politely ask that you stop staring at me." [13:21] * Early_Hutz approaches the man, "You need to start talking, or we may have to call the police." [13:21] ooc that roll was for me, not early. [13:21] * Odd_Man doesn't seem to even notice Early [13:21] "Hey Chris, move around a bit" [13:21] * Early_Hutz wonder's if a good "Hullo, hullo?" would do the trick. [13:22] * Eric_Macaulay cowers in fear [13:22] ooc lol [13:22] * Chris_Hyle shuffles about a little, sideways and such. [13:22] * Odd_Man moves with an unstead walk to keep the sundial directly in between him and Chris [13:22] "Chris, step into another room for a moment. You seem to be . . . distracting him." [13:22] "Good idea." [13:23] * Chris_Hyle walks out to one of the adjoining rooms. [13:24] * Chris_Hyle calls out into the main room "What's he doing now?" [13:24] As Chris backs away, so does the odd man until he touches the wall [13:24] At that point there's a smell like amonia that fills the room [13:24] "Say Chris, Jump up and down." [13:24] ooc did I ever get a chance to examine the inscriptions? [13:24] And he bubbles away [13:24] Along with the sundial [13:24] I msged you with the response to that [13:24] "He's gone." [13:25] Everyone in the room, roll [13:25] "Come back in." [13:25] ooc d'oh. I didn't see the window pop up. Thanks [13:25] d100 [13:25] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Early_Hutz (d100) and gets 4. [13:25] * Chris_Hyle calls "What do you mean, gone? I heard something odd." [13:25] d100 [13:25] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Roland_Windemeer (d100) and gets 15. [13:25] d100 [13:25] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Sebastian (d100) and gets 58. [13:25] Early stays nice and Sane [13:25] d100 [13:25] * Cthuhlu unleashes his terrible power against Eric_Macaulay (d100) and gets 26. [13:25]